In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. Not only is it hugely and uniquely ...

A Cumberland County judge denied bond for the man accused of killing a former Fayetteville City Councilman’s daughter.

The suspect in a fatal shooting inside a restaurant in North Carolina’s capital city has died. Raleigh police said Sunday ...

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

Courts rejects ACLU lawsuit to allow the condemned to tell their own stories in efforts to save their lives; Gov McMaster ...

In his essay, Mr. Nieman presents his perspective on the death penalty, a view he says is rooted in personal convictions. His opinions do not represent the collective views of North Carolina ...

The bottom line: The death penalty is fast becoming an obsolete relic. North Carolina would do well to make this official by removing it from its statute books. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.